# Setup password for Elasticsearch in windows cmd
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 12, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577 "2018-06-12T17:52:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@sravan\_gottipaty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravan_gottipaty)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/1 "2018-06-12T17:52:17Z")
Elasticsearch and kibana were running perfectly before but when I installed x-pack it started asking for the password I looked at the forums but they all were in the linux environment. I tried typing in the default username:elastic and password:changeme which dint work. Can someone please help me out with it?
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/2 "2018-06-18T01:50:05Z")
- What version of Elasticsearch are you running?
- Did you read and follow the [setup instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.3/xpack-setup.html) for X-Pack?
- What features of X-Pack are you planning to use? It is possible to disable security, if you don't plan to use it.
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### Author:  [@sravan\_gottipaty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravan_gottipaty)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/3 "2018-06-19T14:56:59Z")
I am using ES 6.2
Yes I did read the instructions most of the forms I read were based on linux environment whereas I installed ES on windows
I wanted to use Machine Learning and SQL
Please help me how to disable security in windows.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@richcollier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richcollier)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/4 "2018-06-20T01:18:09Z")
set:
```auto
xpack.security.enabled: false
```
in your `elasticsearch.yml` file which is in the `config` directory
save and restart your cluster. For more information, see: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/security-settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/security-settings.html)
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/5 "2018-06-25T01:43:18Z")
> [@sravan\_gottipaty](#):
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> I am using ES 6.2
> ...
> I wanted to use Machine Learning and SQL
SQL is not available on 6.2; you need to upgrade to 6.3
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/6 "2018-06-25T01:45:53Z")
> [@sravan\_gottipaty](#):
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> Yes I did read the instructions
The "[Installing X-Pack](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/installing-xpack-es.html)" instructions for 6.2 explain how to setup passwords as part of step 7.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-password-for-elasticsearch-in-windows-cmd/135577/7 "2018-07-23T01:45:53Z")
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